diff --git a/tests/oft b/tests/oft
index ca7e052..f59e99d 100755
--- a/tests/oft
+++ b/tests/oft
@@ -408,6 +408,9 @@
 # Get configuration, set up logging, import platform from file
 (config, args) = config_setup(config_default)
 
+logging_setup(config)
+logging.info("++++++++ " + time.asctime() + " ++++++++")
+
 test_list_generate(config)
 oft_config = config
 
@@ -468,9 +471,6 @@
             print "%s.%s" % (mod.__name__, test)
     sys.exit(0)
 
-logging_setup(config)
-logging.info("++++++++ " + time.asctime() + " ++++++++")
-
 # Generate the test suite
 #@todo Decide if multiple suites are ever needed
 suite = unittest.TestSuite()